Vanity box



Oct. 4 1927.

C. P. COOK VANITY BOX Filed Jan. 15. 1927 INVENTOR 44M77/1/111/1/1/1/1/10 vl/ll/ Patented Oct. 4, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLARENCE P. COOK, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO SCOVILL MANU-FACTURING COMPANY, OF WATERIBURY, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION O]? CON- NECTICUT.

VANITY BOX.

Application filed January 13, 1927. Serial No. 160,845.

This invention relates to certain improvements in vanity boxes andparticularly to a vanity box construction by which a compact may bereadily removed from the box.

In certain types of vanity boxes, that is,

. the small boxes now commonly used for carrying cosmetics, the cosmeticis carried in the form of a compact. of powder or rouge, which aremoulded or compacted onto a base. these bases being inserted in the box.In certain types of boxes, for neatness of appearance, the compacts areinserted in a fitment suitably secured in the body of the box, thecompact being held in the fitment by snapping it under lugs orprojections carried by the fitment. In many cases, it is desirable toremove these compacts from the box and, where they are held byprojections, difliculty has been experienced in freeing the compactplate or tray from the holding projections. Various ejecting deviceshave been proposed for doing this, which are arranged to underlie thecompact and are provided withv a removable part, upon the movement ofwhich the compact is ejected from the box. These ejecting devices areobjectionable, in that they add to the expense of making the box and themanually operable parts are unsightly and detract from the neatappearance of the box.

It is the especial object of the present invention to produce a boxconstruction in which a compact is securely held in the box, but whichmay be removed from the box by the insertion of a pin or other suitabletool through the box body when it is desired to remove the compact.

A further object of the invention is to produce such a box of attractiveappearance and one in which the opening through which the tool isinserted is rendered inconspicuous.

With these and other objects not specifically referred to in view. theinvention con- Y sists in certain novel parts, arrangements andcombinations which will be described in connection with the accompanyingdrawings and the novel features pointed out in the claims hereuntoannexed.

In these drawings,-

Figure 1 is a bottom view of the box embodying the invention;

Figure 2 is a-face view of a box opened with the compact removed;

These compacts are Figure 3 is a sectional view, partly broken away,taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2 showmg the compact in position, andFlgure 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3 showmg the removal of the compact.

Referring now to these drawings, the box chosen to illustrate theinvention is square 1n shape, having a body 1 and a cover 2 pivotallyassociated therewith on a. hinge 3 of any conventlonal type. While thebox has been shown as square, it will be understood that the lnventionis applicable for use in boxes of any desired shape. Mountedin the bodyof the box is a fitment 4 having a side flange 5 in close frictionalengagement with the wall of the body. This fitment is exteriorlysubstantially the shape of the body and 1s provided with a centralopening 5 formed by turning in the inner edge of the fitment to formvertical side walls 7 and a bottom ring or annulus 8. This forms ineffect a well, which in the particular construction shown is circular.

The inner walls of the well, above the annulus 8, are provided withholding proectlons 9, which are readily formed by bending in the metalof the fitment, as shown in Fig. {3, four such projections being shown,see Fig. 2. The powder compact, indicated at 10, 1s earned on a base 11which may be formed withside walls 12 which extend upwardl from thebase. This compact is held in posltlon 1n the body by the pressure ofthe reslllent projections bearing on the walls of the plate, which, asshown, extend in under the projections, and the compact is thus firmlysecured.

In accordance with the invention, the box -is so constructed that thecompact plate may be readily removed from engagement with theprojections so that a new compact may he lnserted in the box, and thesemeans are such as to add no further parts, due to construction. Asshown, the bottom of the box is provided with one or more smallapertures 13 through which a pointed tool, as a pin 14, may be inserted.By pressing this tool against the plate, the compact may be readilyforced past the projections and thus become freed from the fitment. Thisconstruction adds no parts to the, construction of the box and affords avery simple and eiii-v cient way of removing the frictionally heldcompact. For neatness of appearance, the

body of the box around the holes or apertures will be formed withsurface ornamentation, indicated at 15 in Fig. 1, so that the holes willbe rendered less clearly visible, though this ornamentation is notessential and can, if desired, be omitted, the holes themselves beingmade so small as to be not undesirably conspicuous.

It will be understood, of course, that the shape of the box and theshape of the fitment may be widely varied and the invention is not to berestricted to the form of box and fitment shown.

What I claim is:

1. In a vanity case, the combination of a body and a cover therefor, acompact holding fitment in the body, holding projections on the fitmentbelow which the edge of the compact engages, when in place in thefitment, and an aperture in the bottom of the box below the com actthrough which a tool may be inserted rom without the box to forcethecompact past the projections.

2. In a vanity case, the combination of a body and a cover therefor, acompact holding fitment in the body, holding projections on the fitmentbelow which the edge of the compact engages, when in place in thefitment, an aperture in the bottom of the box below the compact throughwhich a tool may be inserted from without the box to force the compactpast the projections, and surface ornamentation about the aperture torender it less conspicuous.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand.

CLARENCE P. COOK.

